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Counselor / Addiction

Ethics and Risk Management: Social Media and the Internet

2.00 - CE credit hours training

$12.50 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

Ethics and Risk Management: Social Media and the Internet

Follow the link below, read the material and then take the 12 question post test

Ethical Framework for the Use of Social Media by Mental Health Professionals

12 Questions

1. From "Ethical Framework for the Use of Social Media by Mental Health Professionals-Social Media Interactions which Relate to Ethical Principles": You are planning to use a search engine to investigate some suspicions you have about a client's legal history. Does the framework expect you to inform the client of this search?
2. From "Practitioners display pertinent and necessary information on Websites": Given that people may surf the Internet seeking immediate help, the framework recommends that practitioners display crisis intervention information on the home page of their site. What specific solution(s) does the framework suggest?
3. From "Informed Consent": The framework recommends elements that should be covered in the informed consent process. Which element(s) is/are unique to online counseling and social media?
4. From "Dual Relationships": The framework recommends that therapists inform clients that which kinds of online contacts will be ignored?
5. From "Therapy, Online Social Networking, and Ethics -Ethical Challenges and Dilemmas": Does the APA Code of Ethics indicate that befriending a client on social media is unethical?
6. From "Therapy, Online Social Networking, and Ethics -Ethical Challenges and Dilemmas": The authors address the circumstances of a client making an online friend request or membership invitation to a therapist. The authors view this kind of client contact as an opportunity to enhance the client's treatment by better understanding the function of the request.
7. From "Therapy, Online Social Networking, and Ethics -Ethical Challenges and Dilemmas": The authors address the issue of clinicians searching for online information about clients. What kind of concerns do they express about this practice?
8. From "Therapy, Online Social Networking, and Ethics - Recommendations": The authors suggest that psychotherapists should consider all online posts they make and profiles they keep to be self-disclosures. In light of this, how do they view such disclosures?
9. From "Social Networking May Blur Professional Boundaries": In light of the potential for electronic communication with clients, the author recommends providing a written "Internet & Email Policy" to each client at the first session.
10. From "Social Networking May Blur Professional Boundaries": The author addresses the issue of accepting clients' social network friend requests. He concludes:
11. From "The Internet's Ethical Challenges": The author asserts that if you are communicating with your client via e-mail or text messaging, those communications might be considered part of your client's record.
12. From "The Internet's Ethical Challenges": What stance does the author take regarding therapists doing online searches on their clients?
The presence of the Internet and social media in therapists' and clients' lives requires clinicians to think through ethical implications for clinical practice and training. This course presents an ethical framework for clinicians to consider. In addition, numerous clinical situations are presented for clinicians to think through for their own practice.
  • Identify ethical issues related to use of social media by mental health professionals.
  • Describe ethical principles that come into play given the presence of the Internet and social media in therapists' and clients' lives.
  • Formulate their own ethical and risk management framework for internet and social media issues in professional practice.
Instructor(s): Keely Holmes Psy.D John Grohol, Ph.D
Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP